Statistics Norway

Spesialist health service, general care

1 Man-years in general hospitals and institutions1, by category of personnel. 2002-2008
Category of personnel 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20082
Man-years, total 63 773 65 747 66 070 66 492 67 426 67 635 65 353
Physicians 7 371 7 676 8 006 8 283 8 498 8 729 8 981
Nurses 22 641 23 439 23 807 23 712 24 361 24 614 24 263
Auxiliary nursing personnel 5 378 5 413 5 086 4 841 4 773 4 442 4 392
Midwives 1 225 1 211 1 218 1 221 1 298 1 350 1 309
Physiotherapists 1 281 1 391 1 417 1 458 1 461 1 514 1 593
Occupational therapists  352  385  398  418  425  436  461
Medical laboratory technicians 3 326 3 438 3 407 3 342 3 408 3 460 3 296
Radiographers 1 387 1 500 1 581 1 466 1 573 1 666 1 674
Psychologists  190  200  200  212  210  199  316
Social workers  226  268  223  204  221  209  292
Professional health workers for mentally retarded  157  158  153  139  144  152  311
Other personel in clientdirected services 1 245 1 704 2 036 2 138 2 088 2 027 .
Other personnel 18 993 18 965 18 538 19 059 18 964 18 837 .
Kliniske ernæringsfysiologer . . . . . .  104
Helsesekretærer . . . . . . 2 275
Annen helseutdanning på videregående skolenivå . . . . . . 1 034
Annen helseutdanning på universitets- og høyskolenivå . . . . . .  928
Personell uten helse - og sosialfaglig utdanning . . . . . . 14 124
1  Cottage hospitals and maternity homes, institutions within rehabilitation.
2  From 2008, statistics on personnel in the specialist health service are based on data from administrative registers. Previously the data were collected from questionnaires.

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